Cheese: 10.5 pounds. gonna hit it with 50/50 apple-hickory real soon.

[crazymoon]

BA350, Good buck and great color on your cheese! I looked at your buck photo and some backstraps maybe gone if that is a hole there or maybe optical illusion. Nice cheese and nice buck ! likes

 

[bill ace 350]

No illusion. intentionally went for the backbone shot. Wanted to place the shot closer to the shoulder/front. Don't know what happened. Maybe I need some more range time! any way, some meat lost, not a lot. Going to try one of BearCarvers recipes for the backstrap.

 

[bill ace 350]

Nice clear day today. felt like smoking something today, so two blocks of cheese and some coarse sea salt going into the smoker.

the cheese is local and very expensive, but definitely worth it!